Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-28

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maintaining the stability Of rates; but
ea"es prohibit an arbitrary apportion-
ment Of percentages of traffic, fixed
sharing in an aggregate of traffic, by
which Localities are bucked and gagged,
and deprived I'll power to resist extor-
tions and determinations on the part
OF any corporation in a pool. [Sioux
City Journal.
| Mitchell Republican:-Th The inter-
state commerce bill went through con-
1 gfess by 2 Vote big enough to suggest
to the railroad corporations which are.
inclined toevade it, that the people are
solidlv behind the measure.
fhe Sioux City Journal OF last Fri
! day contains an article from which we
extract the following:
| An article in lIarpers Weekly, writ
ten by James f Hudson. author of
"The Railways and the Republic
shows with great clearness and 1orce
the groundlessness of some of the prin-
clpal objections urged against the inter
state commerce bill. With respect to
the long and short haul provision, the
part OF the bill which has excited the
most intemperata objection, Mr. II,nl-
son points out the remarkable fact that
arguments against it have been based
in sheer ignorance of the real meaning
of the bill. lie says:
| 1t seems almost Incredible that any
one should undertake to pass judge
ment upon proposed legislation with
out taking the trouble to find out what
the legislation really is. But when we
find men like Mr.. Hughitt, of the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad.
and newspapers like the New York
Graphic and Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette, opposing the measure on the
groind that it requires the railways to
chargethe same rate permile for trans
porting freight a long distance that
they do on their local trafic. it is the
most charitable explanation to suppose
arguments would not require much no.
eASS IL U.INS "IlC uOG utSCO Will a PCi
sistence. that produces a general mis-
apprehension. The effect of this mis-
apprehension is shown in Cincinnati,
where the commercial organizations
and b'.siress men have been aroused to
protest against the bill, and the resolu.
tions, speeches and interviews to be
found in the press Of that city show
that the "outrage' is denounced on the
sole foundation of the idea that con-
gress is attempting TO enact that the
railways must charge an equal mileage.
OF 100 times rs much for carrying
freight 1000 miles rs they do for carry
ing 10 miles.
The following items are from the
I Dakota department of Saturdays Pio-
neer Press: 1t is hard for some people
to believe that the old order of things,
when the legislature Of Dakota organ
izeei in q tempest and adjourned in a
blizzard, and when most OF the time
was spent in forming combinations
and perfecting smart schemes, is not
still popular. But it isn't! 1t not only
isn't pop, Ia, but great many people
are coming to understand that it is dis
graceful. In y late scheme at least two
sleepless nights We're passed preparing
for Il grant coup d'etat. II the scheme
was successful it meant that the chair
manships OF two or three committees.
and possibly two or three members Of
the house. should be changed, That's
all. No principle no important work.
no matter of vital interest in the terri
tory was to he affected one way or the
other. There are twenty measures
that require sober, serious and dill
gent attention. Measures that affect
the interests of the people and are de-
mauded at the hapds Of the general as
sen.bly. These measures require
thought, brains, work. There isn't
half as much fun in them as there Is in
engineering Il deadlock and sending
the sergeant-at-arlns pokiDg his nose
intc boxes and barrels after ~ missing
member; but thereis a heap more sense
in doing what the people want, and it
is to be hoped that when the efferves.
cence OF the first few days has expand
ell itself the members will get down to
practical work.
Farmers in the legislature are look
ing for the other end OF the string that
controlled the eccentric movements 2i
the southern seven in the recent COM
bination. IT they can find out who has
hold of it. they may be able to Judge
better why 1t is pulled.
In reference to the "dend lock" at
Bismarck resulting from q combina-
ton between the solid NORTH. Dakotians
eighteen in number and seven from
) South Dakota namely: Hobart, Ment-
ger. Sullivan. Ruggles, Berry, Jones.
Miltmore and Roger, Stewart OF Fai.
River says: What admire abou
!, North Dakota men IS that they stan
together. You can't find one, to sa